Keble Howard aka John Keble Bell (1875 - 1928), author, novelist and playwright. The third son of the Rev. G. E. Bell, he joined The Sketch magazine as Assistant Editor in 1899 and edited the paper between 1902-4. He was the author of numerous novels and plays, including Compromising Martha, The Smiths of Surbiton, Dropping the Pilot and The Test Kiss. Among his plays was Lord Babs, a farce written in 1925. He was well known to Sketch readers as the author of 'Motley Notes' which first appeared in 1899 and continued without a break until just before his early death in 1928.